2022 Best Value Colleges for Consumer Merch&ising/Retailing Management (Income $0-$30k) in Illinois

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management Schools in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Consumer Merch&ising/Retailing Management is the 791st most popular major in the country with 185 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 5 consumer merchandising/retailing management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great consumer merchandising/retailing management programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the consumer merchandising/retailing management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management Schools in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management Schools in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Consumer Merch&ising/Retailing Management (Income $0-$30k) in Illinois

#1

Bradley University

Peoria, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$17,205 Average Net Price

$45,292 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management Schools in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Bradley University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Peoria, Illinois, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified ’s consumer merchandising/retailing management students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bradley, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Consumer Merch&ising/Retailing Management Schools in Illinois” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Bradley University is $17,205 for Illinois Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Bradley University Consumer Merch&ising/Retailing Management Report

• Best Value Colleges for Consumer Merch&ising/Retailing Management (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Colleges for Consumer Merch&ising/Retailing Management (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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